KPMG OFFERS EX-CRIMINALS JOBS, BUT NOT IN ROLES LINKED TO FORMER CRIMES
May 4th, 2024
Accounting and auditing giant, KPMG UK has joined a UK government drive to recruit prison leavers, citing its successful ongoing pilot scheme, launched in 2022. The Big Four accounting firm is the first white collar British business to employ ex-offenders as part of a government partnership and now is urging other companies to follow its lead.
A UK ministry of justice statement (1) on the scheme linked to the New Futures Network, run by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to connect hiring businesses with prisons, said KPMG had taken on prison ...
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